Blue Ocean Strategy: A Vehicle for Entrepreneurship Development and Economic Growth in Rural Areas

Blue Ocean Strategy: A Vehicle for Entrepreneurship Development and Economic Growth in Rural Areas

Vinay Sharma, Piyush Seth, Shujauddin Niyazi
Copyright: © 2012 |Pages: 9
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-0276-2.ch015
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Abstract

This paper emphasizes on the role of entrepreneurship in economic development of a society with the perspective of Blue Ocean strategy used by organizations across the globe and especially in the context of Indian rural markets. The paper also utilizes live examples of organizations going towards uncontested rural markets and is suggestive of the crux and the core definition of entrepreneurship in correlation to the core philosophy of Blue Ocean strategy. In addition, the paper emphasizes that the soul of entrepreneurship lies within the development of rural markets, which can be done through the effective utilization of Blue Ocean strategy.
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Introduction

This paper is proposing the role of entrepreneurship in economic development of the society with the perspective of blue ocean strategy, with special emphasis on the usage of the said strategy at the levels of the Rural Markets (Figure 1).

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Entrepreneurship, rural markets, the blue ocean strategy and the economic development

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Business strategies and marketing skills have been concentrating on fundamentals, especially on buying capacity. This paper argues on four major aspects:

  • a)

    We should be looking at the ‘Size’ of the market and not at the buying capacity as a fundamental aspect in the case of highly populated developing and the underdeveloped nations.

  • b)

    We should think of improving market conditions and should try to bring in ‘Freedom of Market Transaction’ (Sen, 2000) through providing better services to the rural and the poor masses.

  • c)

    Better services and the market conditions are the human right of the masses and should also be seen as a social responsibility by the marketer along with being seen as a business opportunity.

  • d)

    This paper also wishes to suggest that looking at the size of the market as an asset, we can complement the same with strategic generation of buying power i.e. by ‘creating buying power’.Aptly suggested by Prahalad (2002):

“Global firms have demonstrated their ability to create wealth around the world. But the benefits of the capabilities of these firms and of the global market system do not yet reach most of the 4 billion people who live in relative poverty at the bottom of the economic pyramid. What if it were possible to expand the global market system to include those who now have no stake in it-to grow the market at the bottom, providing direct benefits and expanded opportunity to poor communities? (Prahalad & Hammond, 2002).”

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The Perceived Correlation Of Co-Creation Of Value And Entrepreneurship

Many efforts have been made in relation to the generation and the development of the buying power and the financial independence of the rural and the poor masses, especially women. The unprecedented reference of Amul known to be as white revolution of India (Dugdh Kranti as they say, http://www.lijjat.com/new.htm), and others suggest “that Co-Creation of Value and Entrepreneurship Practices are intensely interrelated”.

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